"A Wealth of Common Sense" Articles

Weekend Reading: What Comes After a Good Year in the Stock Market?
The stock market experienced significant gains last year, but you might wonder, will that continue into 2024? Despite concerns that positive trends cannot last, historical data reveals good years in the market can in fact come in clusters.

Weekend Reading: The Evolution of Retirement
You have one shot at retirement planning and a plethora of resources at your fingertips today to create the ultimate Job Optional life. This is your opportunity to create a future that’s bigger than your past.

Weekend Reading: You Probably Need Less Money Than You Think for Retirement
You may need less to retire than you thought. Have you ran the numbers? How much life are you missing out on due to incorrect assumptions?

Weekend Reading: The Evolution of Financial Advice
You don’t need to do countless hours of research to become a successful investor, but it's helpful to be familiar with financial market history, including booms and busts.

Weekend Reading: Would You Rather Outperform During Bull Markets or Bear Markets?
You could be the brightest stock-picker in the land, but outperforming the market would still be incredibly difficult.

Weekend Reading: Owning Individual Bonds vs. Owning a Bond Fund
Today’s investment world has polarizing opinions on a variety of topics, concepts and financial vehicles, and surprisingly, that can include individual bonds versus bond funds. What is the difference between the two?

Weekend Reading: When Should You Change Your Asset Allocation?
As you invest more money, does your investment strategy need to be more complicated? Not exactly.

Weekend Reading: How Much Do Interest Rates Matter to the Stock Market?
While current interest rate levels sit around 2.5 percent, with inflation sticking around, the Fed could continue raising rates to as high as four or five percent. Will this be disastrous for markets?

Weekend Reading: 6 Questions About the Market & the Economy
Today’s economic climate continues to move quickly and feel confusing for investors. While we have no crystal ball to tell us what the remainder of 2022 will bring, here, you’ll find blogger Ben Carlson’s best data-based guesses of what might be around the corner.

Weekend Reading: Stocks for the Long Run
There’s a reason recent Retire With Purpose podcast guest, Jeremy Siegel, has been called “one of the best stock watchers alive”. His long-term investing mentality means it all comes down to “time horizon when investing your money”.

Weekend Reading: The Biggest Argument in Finance Right Now
The latest media headlines span wide on the possibility of a looming recession. Some claim we are already in one, some say it’s on the horizon and others state it’s possible we avoid it entirely.

Weekend Reading: What's Priced Into the Stock Market?
It might feel like the market is pricing in a recession, but is it really?